schmidtdoggydog Posted June 11, 2003 Posted June 11, 2003 Here is a tidbit from today's Herald. This should put to rest any lingering rumors about SC one day playing college hockey. Junior hockey: Sidney Crosby, a Nova Scotia native who played hockey last season at Shattuck-St. Mary's (Minn.) High School, was chosen No. 1 overall in Saturday's Quebec Major Junior Hockey League draft by the Rimouski Oceanic and will not return to the prep school in Faribault next season. Crosby, 15, had 72 goals and 90 assists in 57 games as a sophomore at Shattuck. Quote
Superman0099 Posted June 12, 2003 Posted June 12, 2003 So what are the chances that he will ever play college hockey? I remember reading articles about him earlier in the year that said he would probably play in canada for a few years and then go to the NHL. Quote
MinnesotaNorthStar Posted June 12, 2003 Posted June 12, 2003 Something tells me that he will play a few years in the QMJHL then onto the NHL a la Mario Lemieux. Too bad we won't see him in Green and White. Quote
BisonMav Posted June 12, 2003 Posted June 12, 2003 He will have to wait until 18, because I don't think the NHL has a Gretzky loophole. Gretzky I believe started in the WHA when he was 17. Gretzky was hired as an employee of the owner of the Indianapolis Racers, not by the team. Quote
flatspin7 Posted June 13, 2003 Posted June 13, 2003 Once you are going to play in the QMJHL there is no need to go to College. Arguably the league is the best in North America many players come into the pro-ranks from there. Crosby will never play college hockey. He will probably be in the pros or a pro-system when he turns 18. Quote
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